- Author: Hanny Hafiar
- From: Faculty of Communication Sciences, Padjadjaran University
Abstract:
The number of scavengers who make a living from the landfill lately has increased along with the dynamics of the national economy. For some scavengers, the profession is not the final job, but more like temporary jobs to collect supplies for the sake of starting an aspired new business. Money raised from the scavengers work is expected to be venture capital, debt, redeem the mortgaged farm land. The bottom line, the scavengers have a future orientation that they strive for. Therefore, this study aims to map out the future orientation owned scavengers who are looking for a living in the landfill. The method used in this research is the descriptive method with the analysis of some data which collected through interviews and observations. The results of this study showed the presence of the driving factors that cause scavenger establish this profession as a temporary profession, and also known that the number of jobs to be the desire by scavengers after no longer becomes scavengers, which are: collectors or hoarder, junk dealer, back to being farmers and ranchers, open businesses such as coffee shops and food stalls, motorbike taxi driver, and hawkers.
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